Buddhism Key Words Revision

What is the term for insightful meditation (the sat down quiet one)?

What is the cycle of reincarnation?

What is enlightenment also known as?

What was the name of the Buddha?

Which type of Buddhism is known as the Greater vehicle?

What is the term for ’no self’?

What is the term for meditation that helps establish calmness?

What is the term for the principle of non violence?

What are the 423 sayings of the Buddh known as?

What is the title given to the leader of Tibetan Buddhists?

What is the term for the meditation where you repeate a short teaching from the Buddha?

What is the name of the daemon king who Siddartha overcame to reach enlightenment?

What is the term for a Buddhist monument?

What are the Paramitas also known as?

What was the name of the tree under which the Buddha achieved enlightenment?

Which type of Buddhism is best described as the traditional form of Buddhism?

How many precepts are there?

What is the term for a person who has achieved enlightenment?

How many signs of being were there?

What is the term for the idea of compassion?

How many noble truths are there?

Where is the site of the Buddha’s enlightenment?

What is the word for a monk?

What is the term for a Buddhist monastery?

What is the universal law of moral causation?

In what Council were the teachings of the Buddha written down?

Which type of Buddhism is known as ‘the way of the elders’?

What is the word for a nun?

What is the term for the stories about the Buddha’s past lives?

How many universal truths are there?

What are the teachings of the Buddha known as?

Which type of Buddhism tends not to follow the traditional ways of doing things?

What is the name of the place of pilgrimage to the Buddha’s birthplace?

What is the word for the concept of suffering?

What is the biggest denomination of Buddhism?

what Is the term for a community of monks?

What are the three causes of human unhappiness (greed, hatred, ignorance) known as?

What is the name for the festival of the Buddha’s birth, life and enlightenment?

What is the term for the idea of loving kindness?

What is the term for the regular weekly Buddhist meetings?

What is the term for a colourful representation of Buddhist philosophy, often made from sand?

What are the three baskets?

What is the purpose of meditation?

What are the reflections on the Buddha’s teachings?

What is the term for impermanence?

A non ordained follower of Buddhism is called what?

What is the term for the meditation where you repeate a lengthy teaching from the Buddha?

What are the rules for the monks?

What is the term for a being who delays their enlightenment to help others achieve it?

How many parts are there to the middle way?